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poorly attended even though great efforts were made to promote it. Also, the presentations were not
recorded, which is something that would definitely have been useful.
L’Université d’Ottawa a organisé deux présentations le mardi 20 octobre 2009 dans le cadre de la
semaine internationale du libre accès. La première, « Open Access: How it Can Reform the Science of
Health Care », présentée par Dr. Stephen Choi, Co‐rédacteur de Open Medicine et Directeur associé du
programme de résidence de médecine d’urgence, a mis de l’avant de sérieux problèmes qui affligent les
modèles de publication traditionnels utilisés pour diffuser la recherche médicale. La deuxième, « Open
Access 2.0: Why Canada's University Should Become Canada's Open Access University », présentée par
Michael Geist, Chaire de recherche du Canada en droit d'Internet, a voulu inciter les universités
canadiennes à adopter des politiques officielles rendant la diffusion de la recherche en libre accès
obligatoire. Malheureusement, l’assistance était peu nombreuse malgré les efforts significatifs utilisés
pour promouvoir l’événement. De plus, les présentations n’ont pas été enregistrées ce qui aurait été
très utile.
Ottawa, Carleton, IDRC
Carleton University Library, the University of Ottawa Library, and the International Development
Research Centre (IDRC) teamed up to provide an exciting and informative week of programming on
many aspects of Open Access. Practical presentations ‐ how to find open access journals and
understanding the green and gold paths – were combined with thought‐provoking calls to action from
speakers such as Prof. Michael Geist, Open Access advocate, and Dr. Stephen Choi, emergency physician
and editor of the online journal Open Medicine. Next year we plan to podcast the presentations to
benefit a wider audience. This was the first time our three institutions had partnered together in this
way and we’ll be building on our collaboration to make next year’s event an even greater success.
Queen’s
The Open Access Week @ Queen’s Program was successful in offering a set of interesting and engaging
presentations, and that the sessions were well received by attendees. The keynote presentation by
John Willinsky was well attended. While the promotional campaign was comprehensive and thorough
in its coverage of the Queen’s community, there were a number of factors that may have contributed
to reduced turnout for some of the sessions including the timing of sessions, the fact that International
Open Access Week coincided with mid‐term study week for students, and that there are always other
activities and priorities that compete for the attention of faculty and students. Engaging members of
the academic community in better understanding Open Access and what is means for them remains a
significant challenge. Our Planning Group concurred that the 2009 Open Access Week @ Queen’s
program and its coverage in the Queen’s media was a good step toward increasing awareness of open
access to scholarship at Queen’s.
We were fortunate enough to be able to record and post John Willinsky's very inspirational talk.
UBC
Last year UBC participated in SPARC’s First International Open Access Awareness Day event on October
14, 2008. We were able to draw on that experience when SPARC extended the event to a week, this
year, to give organizations flexibility on timing and planning. At UBC we chose to hold events for three
afternoons in that week (Tuesday to Thursday). This was based on our understanding that attendance is
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